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Published monthly by J. R. Publishing Company, 225 Lafayette St., New York, N. Y. Yearly subscription in U. S. $1.20 plus $.30 for postage-total, $1.50; elsewhere $2.20. Entire contents copyrighted 1941 by J. R. Publishing Co U. S. Patent Office Serial No. 438927.

On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 37, Numbers 1-4. January-December 1942, pp. 111. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 519718.

Sensation Comics trademark submission reported in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Containing the Patents, Trade-Marks, and Designs Issued March 24, 1942. Volume 536 [March 1942], Number 4, pp. 732: "Ser. No. 438,927. M. Charles Gaines, New York, N. Y., assignor to Jesse Gaines and Rose Liebowitz doing business as J. R Publishing Company, New York, N. Y. Filed Dec. 17, 1940. Sensation Comics [logo]. Applicant disclaims the word 'Comics' apart from the mark. For Pictorial Booklet Consisting Entirely of Comic Cartoons. Claims use since Nov. 1, 1940."

The image submitted for the trademark and printed in the Gazette is the same as it appears on the printed cover except for the circle above the "S" in Sensation which is without the writing that is on this cover. It is possible that the image submitted was a part of a Sensation Comics ashcan that has since been lost to time or a cover-only mock-up with the logo, either one was then submitted to the Patent and Trademark Office for trademark protection.

Sensation Comics trademark granted in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, Containing the Patents, Trade-Marks, and Designs Issued June 2, 1942. Volume 549 [June 1942], Number 1, pp. 27: "395,541. Pictorial Booklet Consisting Entirely of Comic Cartoons. M. Charles Gaines, New York, N. Y., assignor to Jesse Gaines and Rose Liebowitz doing business as J. R Publishing Company, New York, N. Y. Filed December 17, 1940. Serial No. 438,927. Published March 24, 1942. Class 38."